Bestow Curse

Level

Level 3 · Necromancy

Cost

Action + 3rd-level spell slot

Range

1.5 m

Roll

Wisdom save

Concentration

Yes

Components

Verbal, Somatic

Curse a creature with your touch. The curse either bestows Disadvantage on checks and Saving Throws or attacks, lets you deal additional damage to the target, or robs it of its actions.

Options when you cast it 9

Who can get it

From the game's class, subclass and race progression tables (the level is the class or character level it first becomes available at), feat choices, equipment boosts and scrolls.

Classes 2

• Bard · can pick, from level 5
• Cleric · always known, from level 5

Subclasses 12

• Abjuration (Wizard) · can pick, from level 5
• Bladesinging (Wizard) · can pick, from level 5
• Conjuration (Wizard) · can pick, from level 5
• Divination (Wizard) · can pick, from level 5
• Enchantment (Wizard) · can pick, from level 5
• Evocation (Wizard) · can pick, from level 5
• Illusion (Wizard) · can pick, from level 5
• Necromancy (Wizard) · can pick, from level 5
• The Great Old One (Warlock) · can pick, from level 5
• Transmutation (Wizard) · can pick, from level 5
• Trickery Domain (Cleric) · always known, from level 5
• Oathbreaker (Paladin) · always known, from level 9

Scrolls and items 1

• Scroll of Bestow Curse · casts it, can copy into a spellbook